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The Senior Board of
Children's Hospital Foundation
Words & Wisdom is organized and hosted by the Senior Board of Children’s Hospital Foundation, an auxiliary board composed of active and associate members dedicated to furthering the Foundation’s mission.
President
Robin Schilling
Words & Wisdom Chairs
Tyler Kilpatrick
Miranda Reynolds
Members
Mary Ackerly
Marjorie Adams*
Bernice Allen
Jenny Bassett
Kitty Bayliss
Cara Beebe
Diane Beirne
Karen Bischof
Jenny Bittmann
Laura Bland
Lisa Boll
Nan Boyd
Tricia Branch
Karen Bullard
Brenda Campbell
Karen Cantor
Susan Cedillo
Dorothy Clark
Kay Clary
Jane Cooke
Suzanne Cousins
Cathy Daniel
Amanda Deep
Janet Dew
Maureen Dillard
Lockie Duggins
Donna Ellis
Barbara Evers
Suzanne Ferguson
Susan Friend
Anne Garland
Celie Gehring
Eleanor Goode*
Slade Gormus
Perry Gunn
Eleanor Hall
Alice Hickman
Kellie Hilb
Susan Horger
May Ligon Huff
Patricia Hunter
Nancy Jaffe
Page Kastelberg
Fran Kay*
Tyler Kilpatrick
Jeanne Kreiser
Ann Lagos
Nan Laux
Robin Lutz
Tovia Martirosian
Debra Melisi
Anne-Marie Montgomery
Dana Moore
Maureen Nay
Ray Nelson
Jerome Newsome
Grace Parker
Tricia Phillips
Lynn Piland
Karen Rascoe
Francie Reed
Miranda Reynolds
Beth Richardson
Sally Roddey
Laurie Rogers
Lewis Rosebro
Joy Rush
Robin Schilling
Julie Sheehy
Beth Anne Shelly
Karen Shudtz
Laura Shuford*
Lucinda Slabaugh
Jamie Sliwinski
Nancy Smith-Jackson
Juli Stumpf
Elaine Sutton
Pam Sweeney
Molly Tashjian
Barbara Tavenner
Carole Taylor
Pat Taylor
Sandy Taylor
Barbara Thalhimer
Robyn Trump
Peggy Valentine
Judy Ware
Joyce Winters
Sarah Wood
Polly Wrinkle
Membership Key
Active Member
Associate Member
*Honorary Member
Since 2018, Words & Wisdom has raised over $1 million in support of
Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
Words & Wisdom History
2018: Lynda Harrison Hatcher: Mothering Addiction
Fundraising total: $36,129
2019: Richard Louv: The Last Child in the Woods
Fundraising total: $84,777
2020: Robin O'Brien: The Unhealthy Truth
Fundraising total: $90,127
2021: Robert Brooks: Tenacity in Children: Nurturing Resilience in Children & Families
Fundraising total: $105,942
2022: James Farmer III: Celebrating Home: A Time for Every Season
Fundraising total: $66,026
2023: Beth Macy: Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis
Fundraising total: $114,982
2024: Ashley Campbell: "The Healing Power of Music"
Fundraising total: $193,140
2025: Mark Schulman: "A Rockstar Attitude"
Fundraising total: $360,000